Religious and Interfaith Studies Minor

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Program Overview

This minor provides options for both Religious Studies and Interfaith Studies. Religious Studies is a multi-disciplinary field of studies (including disciplines like history, anthropology, philosophy, and psychology) that seeks to understand and explain religious practices, beliefs, and institutions. Interfaith Studies is also multi-disciplinary,though with an emphasis on contemporary interactions and relationships between practitioners of different religious traditions. Although students may choose to focus in either Religious Studies or Interfaith Studies, our program offers the opportunity to combine the two through the study and engagement of local-lived religion (through a site-visit series, a speaker series, an interfaith camp, and practicum opportunities in the local community)